Develop an in-depth understanding of how poultry farming operates with this free online animal husbandry course. Are you looking to set up your own poultry farming business? This agriculture course explains how poultry farming works and provides all the information and skills you need to get your business up and running. We take you through each step, from setting up the appropriate housing conditions for chickens to ensuring that the best possible eggs are produced. This course focuses on the UK but its principles can be applied anyway to farm birds.
| Course Category | Business Management, Business |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Outline important facts about the UK poultry industry and various poultry breeds and types • Explain how to meet the nutritional needs of chickens • Describe the diseases that can affect chickens and the vaccines available to prevent them • Analyse the various housing systems and broilers used to ensure high-quality chicken egg production • Discuss the different requirements for the farming of ducks and turkeys • Explain the different methods and processes involved in the incubation of eggs in poultry farming • Describe the process of brooding chicks once eggs have hatched • Identify the key requirements of housing chickens and managing the environment to ensure their safety • Analyse the business aspects associated with the accounting and marketing of a poultry farm • Highlight methods available to control the impact of pests on your farm |
| Course Code | 5160 |
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